Buddhist Forces

The Buddhist Forces was a Buddhist political party in South Vietnam which was founded during the Buddhist Uprising of 1966. On 11 April 1966, 2,000 people attended a meeting at the Buddhist Institute in Saigon to discuss demonstrations against the government, and Thich Thien Minh was appointed the leader of the new Buddhist Forces political party. The party helped to coordinate protest activities against Nguyen Cao Ky's pro-Catholic government.